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And FINALLY .... The Challenge

Iminei

And FINALLY .... The Challenge
« on: August 30, 2020, 09:01:03 AM »
A CHALLENGE FOR YOU ...

As I prepared Septembers Blocks I realised I had a huge amount of scraps,
half-made units, Orphan strips and Frankenblocks from previous months lying around,

so I decided to use them up in an additional

CHALLENGE block

for this years BOM !!!

My Challenge to you is to take your scrap fabrics, orphan units and Frankenblocks
and using ONE shape only fill a 12 1/2" block.

You could choose  ...

Rectangles, Squares, Triangles,
HSTs, QSTs, HRTs,
Pentagons, Hexagons, Octagons
Tumblers, Clamshells, Diamonds
Stars, Strips, Geese

Would anyone be brave enough to choose and applique circles??

Obviously the larger your shapes the less work, but less impact too ... 

A 12" block filled with four 6" squares would be a little dull ...
unless you mixed it up a bit with the squares being pieced from your chosen shape?

Looking at my pile of scraps I thought I would fill my block with HST's (You know me and HSTs)

Six across by Six down ... 2 1/2" Hsts finishing at 2" across the block ...
and then I thought, thats a bit large, lets make them 1 1/2" finished,
Eight across by Eight down ... Gor Blimey I realised ... That'll  mean 64 of the lil devils !!

I took all the odd cuts and scraps and made as many HST's as I could.
I cut some of my practice geese up and cut down some larger HSTs
and eventually came up with this ..... 

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I looked at the pile of scraps and there were plenty more
so decided to give the Tumbler block a go and soon enough I had this

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So I'm challenging you to PLAY with your scraps,
choose a shape and fill a 12 1/2" block with it.

ENJOY !!!  :devil:
« Last Edit: March 02, 2022, 13:22:45 PM by Iminei »
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Acorn

Re: And FINALLY ....
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2020, 14:12:27 PM »
That should be interesting...  :thinking:
I might look as though I'm talking to you, but inside my head I'm sewing.

wrenkins

Re: And FINALLY ....
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2020, 15:48:32 PM »
Mine's nearly finitched.  :angel:
Harbouring resentment is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other person to die!

Sandra

Re: And FINALLY ....
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2020, 17:31:01 PM »
Mine's nearly finitched.  :angel:

What!? How?

Hmmm.....now who's teachers pet?  :P

Sandra.
xxx

wrenkins

Re: And FINALLY ....
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2020, 17:59:38 PM »
It is finitched and it looks as if I made it up completely from scraps from my scrap bag. Can't think why.  ><
Harbouring resentment is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other person to die!

Iminei

Re: And FINALLY ....
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2020, 08:23:57 AM »
Well then ... Where is it ?????
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Acorn

Re: And FINALLY ....
« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2020, 18:33:56 PM »
I think she left it behind in the September thread when she was dropping off her first September BOM.
I might look as though I'm talking to you, but inside my head I'm sewing.

wrenkins

Re: And FINALLY ....
« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2020, 18:39:12 PM »
Here 'tis.



I had to piece some of my scraps.  :|
Harbouring resentment is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other person to die!

Iminei

Re: And FINALLY ....
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2020, 09:08:41 AM »
First past the post for the Challenge block, well Done Wrenkies x
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Acorn

Re: And FINALLY ....
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2020, 17:55:30 PM »
Dunnit.  Not thrilled with it, but here it is.

I had a lot of strips that were 1.5" or 2.5" wide, so I chose to use 1" x 2" rectangles.  I wanted something with a diagonal feel to it to balance the others (I have the layout planned, assuming I use all the blocks).

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I might look as though I'm talking to you, but inside my head I'm sewing.

Iminei

Re: And FINALLY ....
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2020, 10:09:25 AM »
Wonderful!!! Its that you done now @Acorn  ????

:angel:
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Acorn

Re: And FINALLY ....
« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2020, 10:34:58 AM »
 :faints:  Yes!

I've quilted 6 of them - it's great fun quilting something so manageable!
I might look as though I'm talking to you, but inside my head I'm sewing.

wrenkins

Re: And FINALLY ....
« Reply #12 on: September 04, 2020, 15:39:22 PM »
Your's is going to be all tasteful!  0_0
Harbouring resentment is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other person to die!

Iminei

Re: And FINALLY ....
« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2020, 10:37:27 AM »
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Or maybe something like this ??????   :devil:
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Lowena

Re: And FINALLY ....
« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2020, 12:28:02 PM »
Saw that on FB and the finished squares are 1/2 inch!!!
« Last Edit: September 10, 2020, 12:34:31 PM by Iminei »
Triumph of hope over experience :D